Kaylee woke up about 9:00 and made it downstairs for her meds at 9:15. Mom had gone out to Sheppard's Body Shop because Conner took his Camaro over there to finally get the dents out and get his car fixed from where the tree limb fell on it. Mom picked him up and took him to the job site they were on today. Kaylee and I decided to do Blueberry Biscuits and we ate them on the deck.

 

I was sitting there thinking about how hard it's going to be for me when she gets her independence and moves out of the house sometime down the road. In whatever form that will be. It's scary to me. I hope she keeps improving and the seizures stop which will make that easier for me. But it's really going to be hard for me. It's funny to think these things sometimes, but they pop into my mind. I know parents deal with that all of the time. It's how things are supposed to go, but I hope it's a ways down the road. I love being around here, hugging her, and I can't stop trying to be there for her in whatever she needs.

 

There was this Zac Brown Band song that came out years ago called "I'll be your man (song for a daughter)" that I always loved. It fits so much of how I felt, but even more so now. The chorus and third verse go:

 

There was a time when I thought I knew love

Until you came into this world

Time keeps on flying

But you're always gonna be my baby girl

 

Go have a ball

Take every chance that you make

You know I'll be one call away

I'll always be

I'll always be your man

 

I'm so thankful though that we can worry about these kinds of things. It pales in comparison to the things I was worrying about in December 2019. But it's still going to be hard.

 

After we ate breakfast, I got ready to go to the office and Kaylee started working on laundry. Mom got home and they got the trash up and walked it down to the road. They did a few things around the house and then Mom said she wanted to mow the yard after lunch so Kaylee went around and helped get Zayda's toys and anything else in the yard out of the way.

 

After getting everything ready, they ate lunch before Mom started mowing. Kaylee continued on with laundry and did some coloring. I came back to the house this afternoon and Kaylee got ready for her nap as Mom was finishing mowing. Kaylee laid down in her bed and slept about an hour. Tabatha was home and working on dinner. We had grilled hamburgers and ate on the deck. Everybody was home for this one.

 

When we finished, Tabatha, Kaylee, Conner, and I drove to the high school to see the softball team play in the regional tournament. They played Floyd and won the game. We got to see a lot of friends tonight while we were there. It was great to see so many people turn out for the game. When we left, we stopped at Walmart to grab a few things and then went home. Kaylee told Mom and Dad about the game and then put her diploma into the official cover. She had been wanting to for a few days because she felt like it was even more official then. She called Thomas and talked with him for a bit and then went upstairs for bed. She wrote in her journal, played her games and turned her light off at 11:45.